AHT Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc

DALLAS, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE:AHT) today announced it has priced a follow-on public offering of 10,600,000 shares of common stock at $11.15 per share. The closing of the offering is scheduled for January 25, 2006. The underwriters have been granted an option to purchase an additional 1,507,623 shares of common stock from the Company to cover over-allotments. Merrill Lynch & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated acted as the book-running managers of the offering. Friedman Billings Ramsey, Wachovia Securities, A.G. Edwards, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, JMP Securities and Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. acted as co-managers. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of such common stock in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. A copy of the final prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from Merrill Lynch & Co., 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10080, or Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014, Attn: Prospectus Department. Ashford Hospitality Trust is a self-administered real estate investment trust focused on investing in the hospitality industry across all segments and at all levels of the capital structure, including direct hotel investments, first mortgages, mezzanine loans and sale-leaseback transactions. Additional information can be found on the Company's web site at http://www.ahtreit.com/. Contact: Douglas Kessler COO and Head of Acquisitions (972) 490-9600 or Tripp Sullivan Corporate Communications, Inc. (615) 254-3376 First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: DATASOURCE: Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. CONTACT: Douglas Kessler, COO and Head of Acquisitions of Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., +1-972-490-9600; or Tripp Sullivan of Corporate Communications, Inc., +1-615-254-3376 Web site: http://www.ahtreit.com/

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